King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3727
Transliteration: horkos
Phonetic Spelling: (hor'-kos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an oath
Meaning: an oath
ὅρκος, ὅρκου, ὁ (from ἔργῳ, εἴργω; equivalent to ἕρκος an enclosure, confinement; hence, Latinorcus) (from Homer down), the Sept. for שֲׁבוּעָה, an oath: Matthew 14:7, 9; Matthew 26:72; Mark 6:26; Luke 1:73 (Winers Grammar, 628 (583); Buttmann, § 144, 13); Acts 2:30 (Winer's Grammar, 226 (212); 603 (561)); Hebrews 6:16; James 5:12; by metonymy, that which has been pledged or promised with an oath; plural vows, Matthew 5:33 ((cf. Wünsche ad loc.)).
Word Summary
horkos: an oath
Original Word: ὅρκοςTransliteration: horkos
Phonetic Spelling: (hor'-kos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an oath
Meaning: an oath
Strong's Concordance
oath. From herkos (a fence; perhaps akin to horion); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath) -- oath.
see GREEK horion
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3727: ὅρκοςὅρκος, ὅρκου, ὁ (from ἔργῳ, εἴργω; equivalent to ἕρκος an enclosure, confinement; hence, Latinorcus) (from Homer down), the Sept. for שֲׁבוּעָה, an oath: Matthew 14:7, 9; Matthew 26:72; Mark 6:26; Luke 1:73 (Winers Grammar, 628 (583); Buttmann, § 144, 13); Acts 2:30 (Winer's Grammar, 226 (212); 603 (561)); Hebrews 6:16; James 5:12; by metonymy, that which has been pledged or promised with an oath; plural vows, Matthew 5:33 ((cf. Wünsche ad loc.)).